You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them. (Claire Tomalin)

You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

Claire Tomalin

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